Propuesta curricular de habilidades adaptativas para la estimulación temprana de niños y niñas de 0 a 3 años de edad, con discapacidad cognitiva

Abstract. The study developed builds a curriculum proposal based on adaptive skills for early stimulation of children from 0 to 3 years with cognitive disabilities as a final requirement for graduation from the Masters in Education with Emphasis on Development The proposal intends to improve the coherence, relevance and effectiveness of special education offered to students with special educational needs, specifically with cognitive impairment conditions, from early stimulation with a population of 0 to 3 years. The main objective of the study rises from the working context of the study: the individual needs of special education teachers and their students.

Jóvenes en la sociedad del miedo: miradas sobre medios, miedos y jóvenes en el Ecuador

ResumenSe plantea un análisis de la mirada de miedo e inseguridad que los medios de comunicación construyen en relación a los y las jóvenes y a las culturas juveniles en el Ecuador. A partir dela referencia al tratamiento del incendio de la discoteca Factory en el transcurso de un concierto de rock en abril del 2008, en la ciudad de Quito. La mirada de los medios contribuye a la construcción del miedo social hacia las personas jóvenes. Finalmente, se plantea que la mirada de los estudios culturales en relación con temas de juventud permite superar formas tradicionales de tratar este tema, precisamente por su naturaleza interdisciplinar.Palabras clave: culturas juveniles, jóvenes, medios de comunicación, miedo social, Ecuador.AbstractAn analysis on the view of fear and insecurity that mass media builds in relation with young people and juvenile cultures from the analysis of the treatment of the fire at the “Factory” discotheque duringa rock concert in Quito on April 2008, is proposed. It is proposed that the mass media’s outlook contributes to the social construction of the social fear towards young people. Finally, it is stated thatthe perspective of cultural studies on youth topics break off traditional forms of dealing with the topic due to tis interdisciplinary nature.Keywords: juvenile cultures, youth, mass media, social fear, Ecuador.